"to date seriously during the filming of ""Our Modern Maidens"". Fairbanks and Crawford married on June 3, 1929 at St. Malachy in New York City. Fairbanks was only 19; Crawford was four years older. They travelled to Britain on a delayed honeymoon, where he was entertained by Noël Coward, Gertrude Lawrence, Beatrice Lillie, and Prince George, Duke of Kent. He became active in both society and politics, but Crawford was far more interested in her career and had an affair with Clark Gable. In his first autobiography he would later admit that he was also unfaithful during that period and"
"catapulted her to stardom. The role established her as a symbol of modern 1920s-style femininity which rivaled Clara Bow, the original It girl, then Hollywood's foremost flapper. A stream of hits followed ""Our Dancing Daughters"", including two more flapper-themed movies, in which Crawford embodied for her legion of fans (many of whom were women) an idealized vision of the free-spirited, all-American girl. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote of Crawford: On June 3, 1929, Crawford married Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., at Saint Malachy's Roman Catholic Church (known as ""The Actors' Chapel"", owing to its proximity to Broadway theatres) in Manhattan, although neither was"
"Fairbanks (possibly Robert Payne Ullman, who was known professionally as Robert Fairbanks, brother of the actor Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman, aka Douglas Fairbanks). This probable venue of the wedding was 7065 Hollywood Boulevard, which was the site of the Hollywood Congregational Church in the 1920s. Darmond evidently lied about her age to her fiancé as well as the county clerk, as she would have been at least 29 at the time the marriage license was issued. There is an issue about whether she was born November 20, 1893, or November 20, 1898, but she could not possibly have been born"
"Catholic. Fairbanks was the son of Douglas Fairbanks and the stepson of Mary Pickford, who were considered Hollywood royalty. Fairbanks, Sr., and Pickford were opposed to the marriage, and did not invite the couple to their home, Pickfair, for eight months after the marriage. The relationship between Crawford and Fairbanks, Sr., eventually warmed; she called him ""Uncle Doug"", and he called her ""Billie"", her old childhood nickname. She and Pickford, however, continued to despise each other. Following that first invitation, Crawford and Fairbanks, Jr., became more frequent guests. While the Fairbanks men played golf together, however, Crawford was either left"
"nearly six years. In March 1977, Douglas, who was 32 years old at the time, married 19-year-old Diandra Luker, the daughter of an Austrian diplomat. They had one son, Cameron, born in 1978. In 1995, Diandra filed for divorce and was awarded $45 million as part of the divorce settlement. Dating since March 1999, Douglas married Welsh actress Catherine Zeta-Jones on November 18, 2000. They were both born on September 25, though 25 years apart. Zeta-Jones says that when they met in Deauville, France, Douglas said, ""I want to father your children."" They have two children, son Dylan Michael (born"
"more likely to sulk or argue than become angry. On April 22, 1939, Fairbanks married Mary Lee Hartford (née Mary Lee Epling), a former wife of Huntington Hartford, the A&P supermarket heir. He remained devoted to her until her death in 1988. They had three daughters: Daphne, Victoria and Melissa, as well as eight grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. The College of Arms in London granted Fairbanks a coat of arms symbolizing the U.S. and Britain united across the blue Atlantic Ocean by a silken knot of friendship. In 1982, Fairbanks was awarded the German Federal Cross of Merit for his"
"with her children, Roxanne and Ronald, was turbulent at best. Pickford withdrew and gradually became a recluse, remaining almost entirely at Pickfair and allowing visits only from Lillian Gish, her stepson Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and few other people. She appeared in court in 1959, in a matter pertaining to her co-ownership of North Carolina TV station WSJS-TV. The court date coincided with the date of her 67th birthday; under oath, when asked to give her age, Pickford replied: ""I'm 21, going on 20."" In the mid-1960s, Pickford often received visitors only by telephone, speaking to them from her bedroom. Buddy"
"the athletic abilities that would gain him wide attention among theatre audiences. His athleticism was not appreciated by Griffith, however, and he was brought to the attention of Anita Loos and John Emerson, who wrote and directed many of his early romantic comedies. In 1916, Fairbanks established his own company, the Douglas Fairbanks Film Corporation, and would soon get a job at Paramount. Fairbanks met actress Mary Pickford at a party in 1916, and the couple soon began an affair. In 1917, they joined Fairbanks' friend Charlie Chaplin selling war bonds by train across the United States. Pickford and Chaplin"
"that he unsuccessfully pursued Katharine Hepburn during the filming of ""Morning Glory"". The couple divorced in 1933, but the divorce would not become final for another year. Despite their divorce, Fairbanks was quick to defend Crawford when her adopted daughter Christina Crawford published ""Mommie Dearest"", a scathing biography of Crawford's personal life. He firmly stated, ""The Joan Crawford that I've heard about in ""Mommie Dearest"" is not the Joan Crawford I knew back then."" In his autobiography he would state that he never saw a hint of any significant anger outbursts from Crawford during their marriage and that she was"
"referred to as ""The King of Hollywood"", a nickname later passed on to actor Clark Gable. Though widely considered as one of the biggest stars in Hollywood during the 1910s and 1920s, Fairbanks' career rapidly declined with the advent of the ""talkies"". His final film was ""The Private Life of Don Juan"" (1934). Fairbanks was born Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman (spelled ""Ulman"" by Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in his memoirs) in Denver, Colorado, the son of Hezekiah Charles Ullman (September 15, 1833 – February 23, 1915) and Ella Adelaide (née Marsh; 1847–1915). He had two half-brothers, John Fairbanks, Jr. (born 1873)"
"Douglas Fairbanks Douglas Fairbanks (born Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman; May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films including ""The Thief of Bagdad"", ""Robin Hood"", and ""The Mark of Zorro"" but spent the early part of his career making comedies. Fairbanks was a founding member of United Artists. He was also a founding member of The Motion Picture Academy and hosted the first Oscars Ceremony in 1929. With his marriage to Mary Pickford in 1920, the couple became Hollywood royalty and Fairbanks was"
"and marriage to his co-star, Joan Crawford. First National gave Fairbanks a starring role in ""The Careless Age"" (1929) and he was reunited with Young in ""The Forward Pass"" (1929). He was one of many names in ""The Show of Shows"" (1929). Victor Halperin cast Fairbanks in the lead of ""Party Girl"" (1929) then back at First National he did a third with Young, ""Loose Ankles"" (1930). In 1930, Fairbanks Jr. went to Warner Bros. to test for the second lead in ""Moby Dick"" (1930). Although he did not win the part, head of production Darryl F. Zanuck was impressed"
"Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr., (December 9, 1909 – May 7, 2000), was an American actor and a decorated naval officer of World War II. Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr. was born in New York City; he was the only child of actor Douglas Fairbanks and his first wife, Anna Beth Sully. His paternal grandfather was Jewish. His parents divorced when he was nine years old, and both remarried. He lived with his mother in New York, California, Paris and London. Fairbanks's father was one of cinema's first icons, noted for such swashbuckling adventure films as ""The Mark of"
"wrote his autobiography, ""Salad Days"", in 1988. In addition, Fairbanks wrote a chronicle of his experiences during the Second World War, ""A Hell of a War"" published in 1993. Beyond his two volumes of autobiography, Fairbanks collaborated with Richard Schickel on the illustrated survey of Fairbanks Sr. and Jr. called ""The Fairbanks Album"" (1975) and Jeffrey Vance with a critical study/biography of Fairbanks Sr. ultimately published as ""Douglas Fairbanks"" (2008). On May 30, 1991, Fairbanks married Vera Lee Shelton, a merchandiser for QVC Network Inc. On the morning of May 7, 2000, Fairbanks died at the age of 90 of"
"The spelling Fairbanks carried on for 15 generations. Jonathan Fairbanks Jonathan Fairbanks (1594 – December 5, 1668) was an English colonist born in Heptonstall, Halifax, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England who immigrated to New England in 1633. Around 1636 Fairbanks built the Fairbanks House in Dedham, Massachusetts which is today the oldest surviving wood framed house in North America. Fairbanks married Grace Smith in Halifax on May 20, 1617. Together they had six children. To celebrate the Fairbanks' 400th wedding anniversary, the Fairbanks Family in America offered half price admission to the house, as well as wedding cake"
"the publishing of the first ""Top Ten Money-Making Stars Poll"" placed Crawford third in popularity at the box office, behind only Marie Dressler and Janet Gaynor. She remained on the list for the next several years, last appearing on it in 1936. In May 1933, Crawford divorced Fairbanks. Crawford cited ""grievous mental cruelty"", claiming Fairbanks had ""a jealous and suspicious attitude"" toward her friends, and that they had ""loud arguments about the most trivial subjects"" lasting ""far into the night"". Following her divorce, she was again teamed with Clark Gable, along with Franchot Tone and Fred Astaire, in the hit"
"2011 by Doyle New York, surpassing estimated proceeds by netting over a half-million dollars. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr., (December 9, 1909 – May 7, 2000), was an American actor and a decorated naval officer of World War II. Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr. was born in New York City; he was the only child of actor Douglas Fairbanks and his first wife, Anna Beth Sully. His paternal grandfather was Jewish. His parents divorced when he was nine years old, and both remarried. He lived with his mother in New York, California, Paris and London. Fairbanks's father was one"
"Douglas Fairbanks, Chaplin meets and begins dating child actress Mildred Harris. Chaplin eventually becomes wealthy and profitable enough to set up his own studio and becomes ""the most famous man in the world"" all before his thirtieth birthday. Chaplin reveals to Fairbanks that he is to marry Harris as she is pregnant, but later at a party thrown by William Randolph Hearst, the pregnancy is revealed to be a hoax. At the same party, Chaplin has an uncomfortable confrontation with J. Edgar Hoover about actor/directors and their responsibilities with regards to audiences, this confrontation sparks a forty-year-long vendetta and Hoover"
"Jonathan Fairbanks Jonathan Fairbanks (1594 – December 5, 1668) was an English colonist born in Heptonstall, Halifax, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England who immigrated to New England in 1633. Around 1636 Fairbanks built the Fairbanks House in Dedham, Massachusetts which is today the oldest surviving wood framed house in North America. Fairbanks married Grace Smith in Halifax on May 20, 1617. Together they had six children. To celebrate the Fairbanks' 400th wedding anniversary, the Fairbanks Family in America offered half price admission to the house, as well as wedding cake and popcorn on May 20, 2017. Jonathan Fairbanks"
"not enjoy). When Fairbanks' romance with Sylvia, Lady Ashley became public in the early 1930s, he and Pickford separated. They divorced January 10, 1936. Fairbanks' son by his first wife, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., claimed his father and Pickford long regretted their inability to reconcile. On June 24, 1937, Pickford married her third and last husband, actor and band leader Buddy Rogers. They adopted two children: Roxanne (born 1944, adopted 1944) and Ronald Charles (born 1937, adopted 1943, a.k.a. Ronnie Pickford Rogers). As a PBS ""American Experience"" documentary noted, Pickford's relationship with her children was tense. She criticized their physical imperfections,"
"of classic plays for select groups of friends. Tone and Crawford had first appeared together in ""Today We Live"" (1933), but Crawford was hesitant about entering into another romance so soon after her split from Fairbanks. Before and during their marriage, Crawford worked to promote Tone's Hollywood career, but Tone was ultimately not interested in being a movie star he just wanted to be an actor, and Crawford eventually wearied of the effort. During their marriage they tried on two separate occasions for children, both ending in miscarriage. Then Tone alledgedly began drinking and became physically abusive, she filed for"
"to Douglas's messenger Harry Datcher, but Douglas ""did what he did in the open. He didn't give a damn what people thought of him."" He divorced Riddle in 1953. Douglas's former friend [[Thomas Gardiner Corcoran]] represented Riddle in the divorce, securing alimony with an ""escalator clause"" that financially motivated Douglas to publish more books. Douglas married Davidson on December 14, 1954. In 1961, Douglas pursued Joan ""Joanie"" Martin, an [[Allegheny College]] student writing her thesis on him. In the summer of 1963, he divorced Davidson; later that year, at the age of 64, Douglas married 23-year-old Martin on August 5,"
"on 27 August 1780 in Tarvin and they had seven known children together: On 12 October 1807, James' wife Phoebe died aged 48 and was buried two days later. On 3 January 1816, he married Hannah Mountford (""c.""1784 – 1840), a long-time servant of Mrs James Bourne. A rift arose between James and Hugh Bourne following James' marriage to Hannah after Bourne proposed to her at a class meeting but she refused due to the 'peculiarities of the proposal'. James and Hannah had one known child: Crawfoot died suddenly on 23 January 1839 whilst walking through a field and is"
"a revolution while refusing to help the destitute. Douglas said: ""That experience soured me with absolutists ... I've no patience with people who want to sit back and talk about a blueprint for society and do nothing about it."" Two months after Douglas graduated from Brandon College, he married Irma Dempsey and the two moved to the small town of Weyburn, Saskatchewan, where he became an ordained minister at the Calvary Baptist Church. Irma was 19, while Douglas was 25. With the onset of the Depression, Douglas became a social activist in Weyburn, and joined the new Co-operative Commonwealth Federation"
"her own company, Bella Vita Events. The couple has a young son, Noah. In October 2010, Eubanks and his wife put their Westlake Village, CA home on the market. In 1966, he received a phone call from Chuck Barris to host a new game show, ""The Newlywed Game"", which premiered on ABC that same year. During its debut, it was an immediate hit, and the show's popularity led the network to expand the prime-time lineup, where it had run on the air for five years. Only 28 years old when he started hosting, Eubanks became widely popular for bringing a"
"Jason Fairbanks Jason Fairbanks (September 25, 1780 – September 10, 1801) was an American murderer. Fairbanks came from a prominent family in Dedham, Massachusetts. He was the son of Ebenezer and Prudence Farrington Fairbanks and lived in the Fairbanks House, today the oldest wood-framed house in the country. He was born with a lame arm. His sixth cousin, once removed, was Vice President Charles Fairbanks. Fairbanks had been courting Elizabeth Fales, the daughter of Nehemiah Fales, although she was resistant to marrying him. Finally on May 18, 1801, Fairbanks was determined to force her to make up her mind. He"
"teeth, and a strained hand and thumb. Douglas successfully held the title the following year. In 1930, Douglas married Irma Dempsey, a music student at Brandon College. They had one daughter, actress Shirley Douglas, and they later adopted a second daughter, Joan, who became a nurse. His grandson is actor Kiefer Sutherland, son of daughter Shirley and actor Donald Sutherland. Douglas started elementary school in Winnipeg. He completed his elementary education after returning to Glasgow. He worked as a soap boy in a barber shop, rubbing lather into tough whiskers, then dropped out of high school at 13 after landing"
"I really like. Somehow, he combines showmanship with something like self-effacement in a very entertaining way. To me he sounds like he's telling the truth, which is one of the most difficult things to pull off in journalism. His opinions sound hard-won and thought through, and that's to do with his prose style, which puts me in mind of what Orwell said about good prose being like a window"". He met his future wife Nicola Almond when at school aged 12 in 1977, but only started going out with her thirteen years later. They married on 2 May 1998 in"
"1963. Douglas and Martin divorced in 1966. On July 15, 1966, Douglas married Cathleen Heffernan, then a 22-year-old student at [[Marylhurst University|Marylhurst College]]. They met when he was vacationing at [[Mount St. Helens]] Lodge, a mountain wilderness lodge in Washington state at [[Spirit Lake (Washington)|Spirit Lake]], where she was working for the summer as a waitress. Though their [[Age disparity in sexual relationships|age difference]] was a subject of national controversy at the time of their marriage, they remained together until his death in 1980. For much of his life, Douglas was dogged by various rumors and allegations about his private"
"be able to start a household. They were married on September 15, 1838. At first they took Johnson as their name, but upon moving to New Bedford, Massachusetts, they adopted Douglass as their married name. Murray-Douglass had five children within the first ten years of the marriage: Rosetta Douglass, Lewis Henry Douglass, Frederick Douglass, Jr., Charles Remond Douglass, and Annie Douglass (Who died at the age of 10). She helped support the family financially, working as a laundress and learning to make shoes, as Douglass's income from his speeches was sporadic and the family was struggling. She also took an"
"condition. When impulse and spontaneity fail to make my way uneven then I shall sit up nights inventing means of making my life as conglomerate and vivid as possible... And when my time comes to die, I’ll be able to die happy, for I will have done and seen and heard and experienced all the joy, pain and thrills—any emotion that any human ever had—and I’ll be especially happy if I am spared a stupid, common death in bed"" Halliburton was acquainted with swashbuckling cinema star Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., who was also a world traveler. Halliburton himself, though several times"
"by Fairbanks in 1919 for his bride-to-be, Mary Pickford. In the 1920s, the newlyweds extensively renovated the lodge, transforming it into a four-story, 25-room mansion complete with stables, servants quarters, tennis courts, a large guest wing, and garages. Remodeled by Wallace Neff in a mock Tudor style, it took five years to complete. Ceiling frescos, parquet flooring, wood paneled halls of fine mahogany and bleached pine, gold leaf and mirrored decorative niches, all added to the authentic charm of Pickfair. The property was said to have been the first private home in the Los Angeles area to include an in-ground"
"my company—but I was clearly too young for him,"" the eight-years-younger Bacall later wrote. Douglas first wanted to be an actor after he recited the poem ""The Red Robin of Spring"" while in kindergarten and received applause. He enlisted in the United States Navy in 1941, shortly after the United States entered World War II, where he served as a communications officer in anti-submarine warfare aboard USS PC-1137. He was medically discharged for war injuries in 1944 sustained from the accidental dropping of a depth charge. He married Diana Dill on November 2, 1943. They had two sons, Michael in"